The Best - YAMAHA DX7 - Sounds - EVER - Paul Eastham

[@lundsweden]

The bone dry but expressive DX7 is a great match for the dense, textured Strymon effects.

[@neverokay8]

Seriously, that Big Sky pedal sounds incredible.. and so does this synth. Thanks for this lovely showcase!

[@PaulEastham]

Ehh my pleasure and thanks for dropping by :)

[@VictorSchelsinger]

1:07 - 1:14 What an emotive few notes! Love it! Great playing!

[@forrestgore6874]

The reverb and your playing makes them lovely

[@lundsweden]

Agree with the comment that the DX7 is still relevant. It was actually way ahead of its time, a digital keyboard released almost 40 years ago, with 16 note polyphony, 100 levels of touch sensitivity AND the sound is different for each of those 100 steps! Even today, this is impressive. The results too sound both acoustic (kind of) and synthetic, a really unique sound that still has'nt been fully explored yet.

[@TheRealHedgehogSonic]

As a chiptunist, I can attest to this chip being a masterclass. The only thing that separates the sounds of this keyboard from being among the god chips is its monotimbralness.

[@rodrigovazquez433]

Agree. Try a DX5. @@TheRealHedgehogSonic

[@lundsweden]

These days why not just run multiple copies of Dexed? It sounds very good IMO.

[@isaiahromero9861]

Also, it has an inherent "nostalgic" sound since it was used so much in the 80s, which may be a downside to some, but it definitely still has a place in genres rooted in nostalgia like vaporwave, hypnogagic pop, and outsider house.

[@mathumphreys]

Thanks for putting this together. I really like your playing - you've given me some great ambient ideas to try on my DX7. (and War of the Worlds was a great surprise!)

[@Swanlord05]

We all use pianos..... How old is the piano.... Hundreds of years.... How old is the horn.... Thousands of years?... Why would a dx7 be to old.... It's purpose is to generate sounds

[@Tsnackle]

That’s beautiful sir

[@ProjectEurobeat]

That is not a goddamn piano

[@isaacferreira8769]

I just loved this video! How a single pedal (of course not a simple pedal) can breathe new life into the legendary DX7... So the DX7 will never stop being eternal!! lol

[@PaulEastham]

Thanks so much Isaac :)

[@BennieTarrMusic]

I always used a Yamaha compressor pedal with the DX and CP when playing live - it's the secret weapon against "sound guys"...

[@PaulEastham]

Oh that's a good tip!

[@markpavletich747]

Sound guys are your best friend. They hear what the audience IS hearing, not what you imagine they are hearing....

[@seesaythinkthings]

Thank you for this video! Been finding a fellow ambient player and just got my DX7 😍

[@connyolovsson]

Great sounds and great playing! Thanks!

[@FPGC]

Anybody else caught that Mr Bean opening theme at 16:39? Nice

[@PaulEastham]

Franscois Pretorius caught red handed :)

[@pauldharrison5096]

Hahaha epi

[@pauldharrison5096]

That is to say epic

[@snoopdoggdankkush9285]

omg!!!

[@Arachnosoft]

Yes!

[@micooms]

Thanks Paul, that was really beautiful music! I own a DX7 and this definitely confirmed my love for this synth. Cheers from the Netherlands!

[@patricksaxon3983]

I strongly recommend the MODX series as it combines both technology of FM synthesize and digital technology.

[@jonx76]

Amazing video man! love the sounds of the DX7

[@PaulEastham]

Hey buddy :) Thanks so much :)

[@andypeck1972]

Excellent playing. The Vangelis - Hymne sounds amazing!

[@rhiannonstudios]

Beautiful bit of playing, the DX7 is truly a world class instrument and sounds absolutely beautiful through a quality effects processor such as the Strymon you are using, I have just put a DX7IID in my studio, waited a long time to find a good one, paid very little for it and it looks just like it came out of the shop yesterday, mine will be going through a Lexicon or straight in to Logic, great video 👍🏻

[@PaulEastham]

Rhiannon studios Thank you so much. I am not the best player in the world :) That’s the thing I found too. You put it through a real quality FX and boom! It is like it was made yesterday. A lexicon would be great for sure.I got one of the cheaper lexicons coming next month too so will be able to mix it up a bit. For me, I just got bored with using the soft synth presets on my records and sounding like everybody else. I used this keyboard a lot on my last production. Windmills In the Sky by Coast itunes.apple.com/dk/album/windmills-in-the-sky/1231751163 Anyway I digress :) Thanks so much for tuning in. Paul

[@jewfinigan863]

You make it sound brilliant

[@morphoice]

I keep coming back to this video when working on my DX7... Wait what!? You're not actually Paul from COAST, are you? I'm a freaking huge fan, we talked a lot in Bonfeld Festival years ago ;)) Awesome to meet a fellow synth enthousiast on youtube by coincidence

[@PaulEastham]

:) Thats me. Great to meet you. also on here. :)

[@hellspark]

WOW the overtones in that electric organ patch really sing through the reverb!

[@FiveCentsPlease]

Wonderful playing and thanks for the introduction to the Strymon. I have both DX7 versions and need to get them out and have some fun.

[@PaulEastham]

Thank you and I hope it inspired you to make some cool music with them :)

[@brandonhypno8849]

0_0 that first tone with the reverb litterly made my breath catch. Wonderful!

[@PaulEastham]

Brandon Hypno Bless you, thanks so much :)

[@Heatwave1988]

The last EP patch is insane!!!

[@EstuaryMists]

Absolutely beautiful and really enjoyed your playing. One of my favourite ways to while away the late-night hours is to load an epiano patch into my TX-802, layer in a soft pad from the JX-10 and send it all through a Lexicon PCM-80 with a long modulated reverb, similar to the Strymon.

[@tpeck111]

Greatest keyboard ever made.

[@spaceman-pe5je]

@@tompeckguitar somebody deleted their comment, what snyth are saying has better buttons??

[@manuelink64]

That Vangelis sound!! Love the DX7

[@michaelcappuccitti628]

Can anyone let me know which Vangelis song this is? I just melted listening to it. Please let me know which it is. Thank you!

[@manuelink64]

@@michaelcappuccitti628 "Hymne"...kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIqzoGaMr5Wieac

[@michaelcappuccitti628]

@@manuelink64 Amazing. Thank you SO much!

[@AnnedakDragon]

Personally, I've enjoyed all those sounds. Frequency modulation synthesis, as well as the Yamaha DX7 itself, has opened many doors in the unexplored portions of music. I use a simulator of the DX7, but it is capable of providing a pocket-sized FM synthesizer, along with its thirty-two customizable algorithms.

[@daggersdukc]

The Harp 2 preset is what heaven sounds like. Cheers.

[@morphoice]

Still one of my favorite and most cherished synths in my collection... Soon to get some upgrades and fixes.

[@PaulEastham]

Isn't it an amazing synth even today ? :)

[@alexlandsbergs]

you sold me on the reverb pedal more than the synth XD. all joking aside. so nostalgic sounding. I really need to actually learn to play keyboard better. and get that pedal to go with my DX7.

[@PaulEastham]

Anyone can play better than me :) get the pedal and the keyboard :)

[@elijahhag]

hav the big sky as well as a prophet 08, sub 37, and some other gems. just snagged a deal on reverb for the lusty dx7. been drooling over KZbin trying to find patch sounds, familiar play styles, and recently somebody to showcase how well the big sky opens things up with dx7. great technique, love the slow breaks to allow the verb to really swell. sounds fantastic. thanks for the content. like 👍

[@mano123456]

Yess DX7 + Big Sky is an amazing combo. I have a video like this. I also use the El Capistan chorus. A friend gave me his DX7 as a present years ago

[@elijahhag]

@@mano123456 sounds like a real friend. Shoot I live in a town where I can't even find another synth owner let alone befriend one into sharing

[@Coowallsky]

This is why the Montage shines. All the reverb I need is built in.

[@daveglassman4779]

Two years ago I had to pare down...I had gotten rid of my Yamaha DX7, sadly. But...I do have DEXED on my computer, thankfully. Now after watching your video, I'm thinking about getting a Strymon reverb...it's amazing what the reverb unit does to expand the sound!

[@lorenmtucker]

“Bit of splash”. I’d say that’s more than a bit. Sounds great though!

[@PaulEastham]

Haha dead right :) But thanks for the compliments :)

[@msgn8i11s2]

Fantastic playing, almost every clip is a story in its own...

[@maffimodiana]

That is really really a lovely sound . Your hands sound great too

[@honeyb3603]

you are playing so well. love wathing this video

[@PaulEastham]

Thank you so much :)

[@marianojrivera8101]

All I have is Dexed, and I only got that after doing DX7 research and found it to be more accurate than other virtual DX7s. I am enjoying having to learn FM synthesis and it's really motivating me to find a real DX7

[@spacemeditations]

Get yourself a Korg Volca FM2 - it will play dexed presets. Nothing like the sound and feel of hardware.

[@PaulEastham]

Get one get one :)

[@JktuUekmw]

You´ve won a bit of Internet today with a reference to On The Turning Away

[@PaulEastham]

HAHA :)

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

14:46 Level 42 'Running In The Family' usually Mike Lindup, master of the plucky digital synth riff! but the big brass on that track smacks!!! 16:39 'Mr. Bean'

[@MotneNielsen]

Lovely ♥ this synth still surprise me!!

[@JohnMurrayMusic]

I still enjoy my DX7 !

[@chatdlathune1816]

The big sky is so magic such as the DX7 !

[@bisson2d3]

I think your reverb knob is broken on the max setting you should take your effects processor to the shop.

[@dcdno_one2393]

If you heard a DX7 raw you wouldn't think the effects knob is broken. It is the driest most unpleasant mono sound metal box ever. I had one when I was 11 - I did nothing but dream about a D-50 or M1 or even a Kawai K1. Anything that wasn't dry as sand and could produce a choir pad!!!

[@PaulEastham]

:))))))

[@chinossynthesizer705]

​@@dcdno_one2393I actually used to program patches for my sq-80, and I would fake reverb with the envelopes and for dx7 I made the release timer last a bit long.

[@magnusvanttinen7855]

Great ambient music!

[@markfennah4322]

Sorry I just read the reverb was named. Brilliant post 😊

[@SwoOopy]

All because of the effects that make it sound nicer to ears.

[@PaulEastham]

mAYBE :)

[@tommymandel]

Digital Performer! YAY!!! Me too. Was the Strymon an effect send? or in-line insert.

[@StergiosX15]

Loved loved loved the Vangelis “Strings #6” bit. You should do another video where you just cover that one song using that sound. It would be the best Vangelis cover on youtube. Also you should know that because of you I am buying a Big Sky reverb. Simply amazing.

[@PaulEastham]

StergiosX15 hey thanks very much. Ahh sorry about the new dent in the wallet :)

[@amonster8mymother]

I think the Strymon Big Sky takes the day.aybe I will sell my Dx7 and get one. 😎

[@scottcupp8129]

Nahhh Keep your DX sell another piece of gear

[@TheCasalinthesky]

Sounds beautiful!

[@PaulEastham]

Thank you so much :) All credit to a great synth though :)

[@chinossynthesizer705]

Heard of the Elka- ek 44 its 4 op

[@AMSRMX16]

Cool Strymon demo, can you do one of the DX7?

[@PaulEastham]

See what ya did there ! :)

[@anonymous_friend]

So many haters! Great video. If you like that big sky, try adding a strymon deco after it. Then you can control the delay between the left and right channels, and get absolutely huge stereo spreads.

[@PaulEastham]

Hehe. No problem for me with haters :)

[@mano123456]

Fantastic 👋👍

[@markfennah4322]

Thanks so much for sharing Paul - that's a wonderful inspiring video. Ps what reverb did you use ? Best regards Mark

[@jorgepedreirapedreira678]

Simplely fantastic the DX7 with Strymon...I guess DX7 is forever..for me

[@PaulEastham]

:)))

[@PaulEastham]

Cheers Jorge :) Great synth hey?

[@amonster8mymother]

Woa how did we go from organ 3 to guitar 23?

[@julien23lastchristmas2]

You play very nice music .

[@PaulEastham]

Aww thanks so much :)

[@yoshihisashinoda5504]

Thanks for beautiful sound and great performance! I listen to it often and it heals me. Is the ending song yours? I like it too.

[@josselinbeaumont1100]

beautiful

[@keyboardwarrior341]

Omg those e pianos are so dope

[@revokdaryl1]

There's one patch that I cannot find anywhere! It was used by Book of Love for the song Modigliani. The preset is called Piano Bells and it's from the Bitec Sound Data X cartridge. If anyone can help me with this, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[@apislapis]

I'm sure Enya must have used some of the harp and guitar patches when she got bored with her D-50.

[@PaulEastham]

:)

She actually did. On her very first album, just called Enya, you'll hear lots of DX7 harps, bells etc.

[@J0J0Z]

Hello dude ! Amazing video thank you ! I'm working on a project and I try to locate a DX7 MK1 sound , could you help me please if I share you this sound on a KZbin video ?

[@ManOfJupiterMusic]

I have to get one xD I wish I got that reverb too, but I went for the Eventide space (not complaining!). Thanks for the great video!!

[@PaulEastham]

Cheers :) The Eventide space sounds amazing.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I suspect “E Piano 3” (or a tone similar to it) is heard on the Elton John *Too Low for Zero* title cut during the second and third choruses. I’m also hearing other sounds that may have been utilized in the recordings made by Don Dorsey out in Anaheim, CA, USA. People have said frequently how the DX7 was a big seller that lived out its usefulness almost as quickly as it blew onto the scene, but that there are still many aspects of it that we need to grow into in terms of programming it.

[@etherealvibration]

Excellent video!! You don't have a compiled list of these sounds as a sysex bank do you?

[@PaulEastham]

i'm afraid I dont :(

[@spookyspoo8609]

Hi! Great Sounds! Are these in stereo? If so, how do you achieve that with the dx7? Its mono out only i believe. Thanks!

[@PaulEastham]

manny souza thanks so much. The reverb is stereo so it turns the return into a stereo signal.

[@theoriginalheartstrummer]

Sounds great! Just wondering how well the midi works on this synth. Can you record into logic as midi notes and tweak? Or will it only do audio files?

[@PaulEastham]

Daniel R. Rothschild Cheers Daniel. Midi works perfectly. I use digital performer but most DAW’s would capture midi data the same way I’m sure.

[@theoriginalheartstrummer]

That's awesome. Best of vintage and modern. Thanks heaps for the video and replying.

[@senfboy7687]

Hi, I use it for every midi-record i do. Use it always as my Master-Keyboard. Works like any other midi-keyboard. edit: Oh one thing i forgot: Its midi-velocityrange only goes up to 100. The MIDI-specification allows 128 steps. I think you can patch this directly in the firmware of the dx7 but you can also make adjustments in your DAW.

[@MixingGBP]

Great demo. Great playing. Have you tried Dexed VST? I think it gets nearly the same quality as the DX7 and it's free.

[@PaulEastham]

Hey thanks so much! OOO no I haven't but I will check it out fo sure :)

[@deichfux]

nice......I have a DX7 ... what hardware / software do I need to get those sounds out of it?

[@tony714keene]

I can see this being used in worship music with your reverb

[@PaulEastham]

Amen!

[@customtheatres]

This is heaven with that amazing sunlight beaming through our souls

[@christophezanger2900]

comment s'appelle le premier morceau de la vidéo ?

[@Sonikbytes]

what settings works the best on Big Sky and dx7 in your example?

[@PaulEastham]

Just the cloud preset :)

[@oxynirb]

can you upload a pic of the big sky "preset" you setup?

[@joonasf6947]

8:29 Crockett's theme lead :)

[@valley_robot]

DX7 for the win , way more powerful than subtractive synthesis

[@richardballinger517]

I've got a selection of 80s synths, dx7, dx711fd, tx81z being three of them and have always said old synths can sound a bit bland but add some fx and they come to life. Got bored of all the flat preset demos, this shows what they can.

[@flyfishing_uk]

The first piano is very boards of canada - great sound

[@schwalheimstudios]

Awesome Play! and Sound too. Big up Yourself dude. Can I get the DX7 patches somewhere? Or they all factory Patches?

[@pauldharrison5096]

wow i just got a reface dx i need to play it through my tc el. hall of fame. not at all the same lol. but wow what a video! can i ask how much % wet reverb you're using with the dry signal? thanks!

[@pauldharrison5096]

just finished. new to videos? this is how I like my synth videos :D no distractions

[@PaulEastham]

Nice! Would lob to see that! Prob about 60 percent? Whatever sounds good really :)

[@TheTerracide]

Really nice playing like it very much. Could you share your dx7 sounds with me?

[@samthesmartfella]

Are there any good reverb plugins that sound just as "airy" as it is in the video?

[@PaulEastham]

Samuel The Manual I have a nice reverb from slate audio. They do a thing called “Verbsuite” which I really love. I guess guess with a $400 reverb pedal, you get what you pay for but certainly worth trying verbsuite.

[@samthesmartfella]

have you ever tried any of the TAL Reverbs and D16 Group Toraverb plugins? They're nice but when I use Dexed, it still sounds synthy and not as organic as depicted in the video and I dont know why. The TAL Reverbs are free BTW if you ever want to try them out, but I mostly recommend the 4th one. @@PaulEastham

[@PaulEastham]

Samuel The Manual Cheers Samuel! I’ll take a look. :)

[@samthesmartfella]

@@PaulEastham Also try Sanford Reverb. It has presets that sound similar to this video

[@jenskorsgaard6900]

Valhalla Verb should be good enough :)

[@RudyAdrian]

Oh my pussycats! That does sound great! The reverb pedal really helps!

[@_greenleader]

Hey friend where can we download these patches? It's a tasteful collection

[@andypeck1972]

Bobby blues DX7 page. ROM 2A iirc

[@Тридцатый-ю3ц]

Классный инструмент мечта детства ❤

[@ZuBaker]

Very nice! Is it possible to get these?

[@PaulEastham]

Zoltán Semegi thanks :) well I got one, so I guess it is ;)

[@paulambrose8627]

Can u send the tone files through the mail?

[@Toolgdskli]

looking forward to custom sounds

[@quietmind7476]

Are these dx7s still available in good shape with all the presets?

[@amonster8mymother]

I think that any of the metallic percussion sounds are great with FM. 😎

[@SWATgonIBIZA]

Preciosos sonidos y melodias, felicidades, me encanta !!

[@skaneverdies]

Awesome demo. Can you post the names of the pieces you're playing here? Especially the first!

[@PaulEastham]

Thanks so much Juan, I guess most of it is just ad lib but there is certainly 'Hymne' from Vangelis. The theme from Mr Bean as pointed out by another youtuber and a melody from a song called 'Windmills in the Sky' by coast. there is also a Gaelic intrumental title to the same melody which you can hear here... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXS4oIR4ZriBbac from Coast :) There is also the song 'Keep Loving' from Coast. Also Springsteen Dancing in the dark and Eve of the war from The war of the worlds. I hope this helps. Warmest regards, Paul

[@EstuaryMists]

Beautiful playing. Do you remember which preset you used on the Big Sky?

[@PaulEastham]

Thanks so much ;) Its the cloud setting :)

[@trejogregorio]

there is some dx7 in your reverb

[@Swanlord05]

Just think what a full tx16 would sound like

[@gergocsirke291]

Beautiful! The first song name please! 003 E Piano 2! Thank you!

[@PaulEastham]

Thank you so much :) That would be 'Windmills in the sky' and the same theme which is called ''IS SINN NA TUINN AIR BHÀRR A' CHUAIN' by Coast. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXS4oIR4ZriBbac

[@gergocsirke291]

@@PaulEastham Thank you!!! :)

[@Nofishnoclue]

Will these go on my volca?

[@domenico_66]

Grande atmosfera